SCARCE: Emergent Institutions in Long-Horizon Multi-Agent Coding Systems
arXiv:2610.21029v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: As autonomous agents become widely deployed, coordinating access to shared computing resources and services will become increasingly important. Recent incidents have already revealed unplanned coordination between agents, highlighting the safety implications of these interactions. Yet prior studies of agent negotiation often use stylized games and simulated bargaining, leaving open how these behaviors develop during sustained, long-horizon tasks…